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Filing year 2024

CHESS FOUNDATION

Purchase, New York·EIN 30-0782279·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$3.1M
Total assets
$10.2M
Total expenses
$830k
Reported officers
2

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. CHESS FOUNDATION reported 2 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

Trustee
Trustee

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$618k

Itemized grants

38

Median grant

$10k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
NEW HEIGHTS YOUTHBROOKLYN, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$50k
JAY HERITAGE CENTERRYE, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$36k
PEACE PLAYERSWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$35k
SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERSBALTIMORE, MDGENERAL SUPPORT$35k
UP2US SPORTSNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$35k
WINNERS LACROSSEWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$35k
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETYNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
FEEDING WESTCHESTERELMSFORD, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
FOCUS FOR A FUTURENEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
GIFFORD LAW CENTERWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITYAMERICUS, GAGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTERNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATIONNEWTOWN, CTGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
TRINITY COLLEGEHARTFORD, CTGENERAL SUPPORT$25k
PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGENEEDHAM, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$20k
KING SCHOOLSTAMFORD, CTGENERAL SUPPORT$13k
1898 FOUNDATION INCPURCHASE, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
BREAD OF LIFERYE, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
CAPITAL SQUASH INCHARTFORD, CTGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATIONROCKVILLE, MDGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
HEIFER INTERNATIONALWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
NATURE CONSERVANCYARLINGTON, VAGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
NEW CITY PARKSNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
NPRWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
QUEENS JUSTICE CENTERNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$10k
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Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CHESS FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$305k
$641k
2023
$3.1M
$830k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($10M - $25M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in New York

CHESS FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in New York earns a median of $20,079.

25th percentile
$6k
Median
$20,079
75th percentile
$88k
90th percentile
$228k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,519 organizations across 2,519 filings (2020 – 2024).

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What are CHESS FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, CHESS FOUNDATION reported $3.1M in total revenue and $830k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($10M - $25M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.